2020 US Code
Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 4 - District Land Offices
Sec. 75 - Administration of oaths
43 U.S.C. § 75 (2020) |
§75. Administration of oaths |
The officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, and it shall be his duty, to administer any oath required by law or the instructions of the Bureau of Land Management, in connection with the entry or purchase of any tract of the public lands; but he shall not charge or receive, directly or indirectly, any compensation for administering such oath. |
(R.S. §2246; Oct. 28, 1921, ch. 114, §1, 42 Stat. 208; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1145; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.) |
EDITORIAL NOTES
CODIFICATION
The words "or receiver" which followed "register" in the original text were omitted, in view of act Mar. 3, 1925 (classified to section 71 of this title), providing for the consolidation of the offices of register and receiver. See, also, Transfer of Functions note below. R.S. §2246 derived from act June 12, 1840, ch. 35, 5 Stat. 384. EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title. Reference to "register" changed to "officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior" and "Bureau of Land Management" substituted for "General Land Office" on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this title. |
United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS |
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Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS CHAPTER 4 - DISTRICT LAND OFFICES Sec. 75 - Administration of oaths |
section 75 |
2020 |
January 13, 2021 |
No |
standard |
5 Stat. 384 42 Stat. 208 43 Stat. 1145 60 Stat. 1100 64 Stat. 1262 |